Graston Technique for Frozen Shoulder

I have been two chiracprator appts. He performed Graston and Act on my shoulder. Now, I don't if it is coincindence, but my ROM in my Active Motion and Passive motion (physical therapy) have improved. I can reaCHER higher and stretch to get something out of a high cabinet, I can brush my hair in all the directions I need to fix my hair properly, I am now able to hook/unhook/zip, unzip bra's, skirts, etc. I can now put my 2 elbows togethor. Muscles are still tight and sore, but ROM is improving. This all seemed to happen AFTER I went to have the Graston and Act performed on me. The chiropractor said this would also make my physicall therapy more beneficial. My chiropractor is against MUA and against aggressive physical therapy. He states that physical therapist have tunnel vision when it comes to frozen shoulder. He states that what he is doing is working the soft tissues around the frozen shoulder. The procedure is alittle uncomfortable, but much less painful than physical therapy.

Ha!!!! Sign me up.....with all that caffeine, we will never have to worry about sleeping. The support group part of it sounds wonderful and the time at the bar could bring joy and relief to all of us!! I can visualize all of this. Thanks for the fun thoughts. How/when can we make it happen?

This multitude of secondary industries developed to help us all get better while surreptitiously taking our money has gotten me thinking of possbile opportunities. I'm thinking of introducing the Fitzroy Technique. (Sounds flashy, yes?) It involves daily gatherings of FS sufferers within the confines of favorite coffee shops. There the patients order copious quantities of espresso and cappuccinos and lattes etc. With each sip they must use their effected arms and raise a toast to the rest of the crowd while uttering words of hope and words of slander against their PT/Doctor/ortho/tharapist. This should be done no fewer than 4 times a day and after 6 p.m. the meetings can be moved to bars and wine shops. Practioners will be trained to greet people and introduce them and generally keep the ball rolling while the newbies roil on the ground from raising their arms a bit too high in an attempt to show off.

I wanted to share this video with you all about how Graston Technique can help improve range of motion, restore function and decrease or eliminate pain in patients suffereing from Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder).

I tend to agree w/Fitzroy! In this country ASTYM seems to have been touted recently for other ailments - I would be interested to see any studies about its use for FS - because the main purpose seems to be to break up scar tissue, and that might be of real use to FS patients.

My guess is it doesn't work. I have a general philosophy, built on nearly two years with bilateral FS and by reading people's experiences here, that if it cures you, you likely didn't have FS but some milder version of a shoulder ailmant. Plus I always have a serious doubt in any "system" that touts the training of more "clinicians" more than the system itself. Plus did you see the instruments? It looks like a site a Hannibal Lecter wannabee would be more interested in.

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